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Hi, i have a xfx 550w psu and i was wondering if it is enough for a r9 390. I'll only oc the gpu.

Hi guys just wondering if its worth getting a msi r9 390. Is it good? Should i buy somehting else instead? My cpu is an Intel I5 4570 3.2GHz LGA 1150, will it be capable of holding that? Cheers! EDIT: Im asking this cuse its really cheap... So whats the catch here ;D????

Whelp. I have decided to finally swallow my pride and admit that the Gigabyte G1 Gaming R9 390 was not my finest purchase. It runs hot, loud, and somewhat unstable. I get pretty rough artifacting with no overclock. It's voltage locked and has a plethora of compatibility issues. However, it is the exact amount of performance I need, and I feel like I would be losing money trying to resell it to get a different card. So the question is, should I bite the bullet and get a completely new card, wait for Pascal and Polaris, or should I attempt to tackle the most annoying issues, such as heat and noise, with a liquid graphics AIO, like the Kraken G10 or the corsair equivalent. I already have a Kraken X61 I could put on it, but I wanted your opinion on if this is even worth attempting to salvage. Thanks in advance for all feedback!

So i'm planning on building a couple PCs (i have another thread for that) but what i want to know is what people recommend between the R9 390 and the GTX 970, without taking price into consideration what card should i use. With the PCs i plan on gaming, editing, and recording/streaming (i know i'm lame but whatever). i need one that can take a beating and that will last the longest

Ok, so basically title. Which combo should I get? No poll because I want opinions, not votes. Uses are gaming, some editing, and a little rendering. Also, don't try to convince me to go for one GPU or the other in a combo unless you are going to factor in CUDA and whatnot.

I'm a bit stuck on a decision... About 2 months ago, I bought an R9 390 with the intentions of buying a second one later on. That time has come. But I am having a bit of trouble deciding what to do here. So the original plan was to get a second 390, end of discussion. But now that has changed to the possibility of a 980 Ti, which is a pretty awesome card. Dual 390's do have more raw performance than a 980 Ti, but the 980 Ti is a single card, which means upgrade possibility. Though there is a downgrade in RAM capacity by 2GB. A little down the line (maybe August) I will be getting a 3440x1440p curved ultrawide monitor, preferably with variable refresh rate technology (AMD Freesync or Nvidia G-Sync). If I got with the two 390's, I would get the Predator XR341CK, if the 980 Ti, I would get the Predator x34. Both are great monitors, but the Predator x34 is $500 (AUD) more expensive than the Predator XR341CK. Which means more expense down the road. Heat output and power consumption isn't really an issue with for me, though silence is a major factor as I will soon (within the next month) be making my system as quiet as I can. It should be noted however, that I am using an 850 watt 80+ Silver PSU. The rest of my system can be viewed on my profile page here on the forum. To get the 390, all I have to do is simply buy another one from the store and put it in my system. The process for the 980 Ti however, is not so simple. I currently have a 390 in my system as well as $500 allocated to the next upgrade. In order to get a 980 Ti, I would have to sell my current 390 and use the money from that sale toward the 980 Ti. All sounds good, but I don't know how much a second hand 390 would go for on eBay. (The 390 I have is the Asus Strix OC Edition). I haven't overclocked it at all, actually quite the opposite. I have had the mode set to Silent in the Asus GPU TweakII app which brings the clock of the GPU down from 1050 to 1030 MHz, the memory clock from 6000 to 5980 MHz and the power target to 90%. This, as I see it, would show that the card is in great condition with very little possibility of damage to the card on my part. I have also only done short gaming sessions on it as I have been busy with school stuff. I still have all the stuff that came in the box, including the box itself. Even the code in there for warships or whatever hasn't been redeemed. Based on the information above, if you would say to get a 980 Ti, how much do you think (in AUD) my 390 would go for on eBay? As it is a vital part of getting a 980 Ti. So what do I do guys? What's the next move? I'm also willing to hear any other alternatives you may suggest.

Hello. This is my first post on here, so I just wanted to say the LTT community is great and I've been following the YouTube channel for a very long time, and I think it's going to be a great experience to be a part of the commuinty So, I want to replace my old HD7970 with something better for my new 1440p monitor. I have narrowed it down to either the R9 390 or 390X (probably the MSI models, I also considered Sapphire but they won't fit in my case). I have seen numerous comparisons of the 2 cards and the difference doesn't seem to be enough to justify the price difference (€70 where I live). However the vast majority of these comparisons were done at 1080p and I saw some people saying that at 1440p the difference is more noticeable. Is that the case? Also, multiple people brought up the argument that with the right overclock the 390 is equal in performance to a 390X, but then wouldn't I be able to overclock the 390X even more? TL;DR is the 390X worth it instead of 390 for 1440p?

So here's my problem: I'm looking to build my 1st PC. I would like to do some streaming and heavy video editing. Pretty generic goals but I am a newbie: 4K at 60fps, max settings, any game, one monitor. Other parts: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X i7-5820K G.Skill Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 memory (64GB) Probably an SSD for W10 and SSHDs for data Final Notes: I know this is a thirsty card and don't want any recommendations other than the # of cards that I could use and perhaps some cooling advice.

What would be the best power supply to fit in the Fractal Design Node 304 (less than 160mm length) and be able to power a R9 390? Preferably a top tier PSU but not a must.

Ive been having some issues with heat on my system. AIDA64 Stability Test 5930K @ 4.5ghz w/ H110GTX Thermal=34.3 Idle/90 Load MSI R9 390 Thermal=57.0 Idle/95 Load 5 Case Fans/ Corsair Air 540 These temperatures seem Very Very High compared to my other systems.

I have Asus R9 390 Strix and I was wondering if it is possible to use it with kraken g10. I checked a lot of forums and I found out that some people used and it was working. Can anyone, please, tell me if it is true?

I am looking at upgrading my graphics card to either a 390 or a gtx 970. Which one should I choose? According to YouTube benchmarks they are about equal or the 390 pulls ahead a little. GPU Boss has some good data on each card and it seems the 390 is the better card but is that true? Should I get a 390 or 970?

I am currently looking at upgrading my graphics card from a R9 270 to a R9 390 or a GTX 970. I have a 500w power supply right now running fine but if I put in a 390 I'm afraid it'll go over the limit and I do not want to upgrade the power supply. If that is the case then I will get a 970 which according to YouTube, is not as good as the 390. Will a 500w power supply be sufficient for gaming on a 390 or do I need more power???

So Chinese New Year has come and gone and I've got all my red packet money ready to spend on a new graphics card. My budget is around $320US/$444CAD. I have been eyeing up the R9 390 from Sapphire (~$326USD/$451CAD) with the backplate for a long time but in light of all the upcoming Pascal/Polaris in the next quarter or two, I'm re-evaluating whether I should spend a little less and buy something cheaper such as the following: Inno3D 750Ti $114US/$150CAD Sapphire Nitro R9 380 4G ~$211US/$293CAD Sapphire Dual-X 2G R9 380 for ~$178US/$246CAD MSI GTX 960 4G $220US/$305CAD MSI GTX 950 2g $166US/$230CAD My current setup is a i5 6600k with 2x8GB RAM on a 850 Evo 250GB (with 2x2TB hard drives for data storage), all powered by a Cooler Master v650 fully modular PSU. Display is onboard Intel 530 graphics on a 1080p monitor. For me I don't need all ULTRA graphics (but would be nice) but something more that is more than capable of running the games smoothly at 1080p (2k/4k isn't a necessity) with enough eye candy. Games that I do intend to play are: Fallout 4, Project Cars, CoD:BO3, Just Cause 3, MGS5, Mad Max. Also other less graphic intensive games such as Car Mechanic Simulator, Sniper Elite 3 (I'm actually playing that right now with my onboard, albeit slightly laggy, lol), Kerbal Space Program. So it's either: Cheaper graphics card now, wait until the next wave of cards come out then buy the new generation cards. OR Cheaper graphics card now, wait until current cards (980Ti) becomes cheaper and purchase that. OR Buy the R9 390 and use that for next 2-3 years before upgrading. Decisions.

Hello LTT Forum users, I hope everyone is having a great Friday and preparing for valentines day with their loved ones. I myself was gifted an Asus MG279Q Free-sync monitor for V-Day and I was curious if it was normal for my gaming temps to Increase by 5-10+ Degrees While Gaming at 1440p over 1080p. Nothing else has changed at all in the system as far as hardware or fan speed etc. Just Curious. If anyone could give any input it will be much appreciated, Thanks And Enjoy your Weekend Specs: i7 4790k, 16gb Ram, xfx r9 390 DD, Nzxt h440 black edition, MSI z97 Krait , EK Predator 240, rm850 psu.

http://deliddedtech.com/2016/02/06/amds-downclocking-issue-explained/ Thoughts? While I appreciate reduced power consumption, temperatures, and fan speeds while running games that don't stress the GPU, the potential stutter and frame drops it causes can be extremely annoying. Do you think AMD needs to adjust this function at all to improve performance? TL;DR:

My main objective here is to be cheapest possible while getting the most gaming performance out of $820. I haven't used part picker before and I am a avid Amazon user with prime - I generally prefer buying all parts on Amazon for free 2 day shipping. My plan includes buying an Asus M32CD (pre-built) $440, 725w PSU $45, R9 390 $320, and a 92mm fan $15. I know what you're thinking with opting for a prebuilt but my reasoning includes the facts that it comes with decent cpu, hdd, free 2 day shipping and w10 OS. My planned spec-list (All on Amazon): $320 Sapphire 11244-01-20G Radeon Nitro R9 390 8gb GDDR5 $45 Sentey Xplus Power Supply 725 watt $15 Fractal Design Silent Series R2 92mm fan $440 M32CD Desktop (prebuilt): i5-6400 3.3ghz oc 8gb ddr3, 1tb 7200rpm windows 10 Asus case w/ decent layout (upgradable space) Asus H110-I/M32CD4/DP-MB Motherboard TOTAL: $820 + Free 2-Day shipping *Is this a good plan considering that I do not have any real pc building experience, I want to stay with Amazon (for free 2 day shipping), and I want a high performance gaming pc? Will the mobo and or i5-6400 bottleneck my gaming significantly? Games I want to play range from good cinematics like Tomb Raider or Batman to games like Rust and DayZ on high-max settings. In addition to my purchases I have a few old spare parts lying around: i7-870 (quad-core and w/ hyperthreading) Crucial 250gb ssd 2x8gb Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 8gb Unfortunately, I am not sure if these spare parts still work, for they were sitting in a cheap ziplock bag, in a box, in our guest room (went through two moves). Another big question is that the Asus Prebuilt is also available in i3-4170 Dual-core 3.7ghz with no indication of a mobo change and for almost $100 less - so should I go with that instead then replace the i3 with my i7 (working presumably)? The problem is that I don't want to be stuck with an i3 if my i7 cpu does not work. I am obviously a noob still so I need all the help I can get before I drop $800+ on a desktop. Thank you in advance for your help!

i was wondering if an R9 390 would be good enough to run a 4k monitor. Well NOT for gaming but for photo and video editing. I will also be using two other accessory monitors (1080 and 1050) Or is 1440p a better option

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I've been seeing a lot of 970 vs. 390 posts even though it's been debated to the moon and back 5000 times. I thought I could go over this well because I have a 390x(10% faster than 390 at most), and have lots of friends with the gtx970. To start off, both are great cards and can handle 1440p very well and are stellar for 1080p. However, even though they perform very close to each other at default speeds, there's a lot of key differences. 1.) The 970 draws significantly less power and outputs much less heat than the 390. NO, this does not mean the actual 390 chip is much hotter than the 970, as long as you have good airflow most aftermarket 390s should be in the mid-high 60s range which is on par with the 970. This means the 390 is kicking a lot more heat back into your system because of its much higher TDP(250W+ vs. 145W+). So if you have a case with tight airflow the rest of your components will feel the heat. This is something to definitely consider with the 390. Although the 390 consumes a lot more power(260W+ vs. 160W+), this will not affect your power bill which is just plain stupid. Winner: 970, however both should do fine with at least a 400w PSU(depending on your CPU), and good airflow. 2.) The 390 has more than double the usable VRAM of the 970 and has better specs. This is true. You have a full 8gb's of usable vram on the 390 while the 970 has full speed 3.5gb's of vram while the rest is just negligible for games. This might seem like an earth-shattering difference, but it depends on the scenario. Very few games can actually take advantage of the 390's 8GB, the only games where I noticed a difference going from the 290 4gb to 390x 8gb was GTA 5 and ME SOM. These games can get very VRAM heavy, especially ME SOM with the textures, and still maintain good frame-rates. If you plan on doing high resolution texture mods or high end video-editing, the 8gb of the 390 will come in handy. However, for 99% of games it's just a gimmick. Also, even though the 390 looks a lot better on paper, 2560 vs 1664 cores, more ROPs, double the memory bandwidth, etc., the 970 still is never that far behind the 390. I used to think that it was because game developers weren't able to make use of tech such ahead of its time, but then you realize the 980Ti also has a huge number of cores and is better on paper except for the memory bandwidth, and still performs 30-50% better than the 390. (more into dx12 myths later). Winner: 390 but see above. 3.) 970 has more features and better drivers. Yes, the 970 has a lot more features than the 390. Shadow Play, Cuda, Gamestream, and PhysX just to name a few. However, it is totally up to you whether you use these features. Some Nvidia users hate Shadow Play, some video software doesn't use Cuda, many people don't even have a SHIELD device, and you may choose to disable PhysX for performance sake. That being said, if you want these features, then the 970 is the better option because AMD will never have these features. Drivers have gotten significantly better on the 390 ever since Crimson. I've seen a lot better day one support from AMD for recent games like R6 Siege. Nvidia has stellar day one performance since they work with a lot of the game devs. Most of the time however, if it's broken on the 390 it's safe to say the 970 isn't fairing too well either. Drivers shouldn't be a deciding factor for which GPU you get since both do a fine job, Winner: 970 for features you might use 4.) 390 overclocks to lower speeds but has better performance per clock. This is true. If you put both cards at the same clock the 390 would dominate, even against a 980 at the same clocks probably, however it is unlikely that you'll even hit 1200 on the core with the 390. I know many people will reference Jay's review of the 390. But if you look around, finding people with 1200 on the core with the 390 just isn't as common as you might think it is. I will say however, overclocking the memory with the 390 is a breeze. Aux voltage has gotten most people in the 1750+ range(7GHZ effective). 1150core/1750mem is a pretty safe estimate on what you can get with the 390(This will make it faster than stock 390x). A 970 at 1400mhz+ will still be trading blows due to the really high core clock. Overall, I wouldn't bet on overclocking anyways. My friend's 970 was a total dud, and you might not like the extra heat the 390 produces when it's overclocked. Tie: Both cards get fairly good performance boosts when overclocked, however the 970 will always clock a lot higher. Now for some DX12 Myths. Actually the main myth I want to cover is that DX12 will automatically improve the performance on AMD cards such as the 390. This is simply untrue. DX12 is an API(Application Programming Interface), which means game developers can pick and choose any of the code/methods they want. A good example of how DX12 has not improved AMD performance at all in an AAA title is Just Cause 3. http://wccftech.com/dx12-3-pc-gbuffer-conservative-rasterization/ The reason for this is because Just Cause 3 only uses the DX12 code that helps with rasterization and g-buffering, which are key features for the Nvidia product line but not AMD. Like I said, Developers can pick and choose which DX12 features they want to use. The main feature that got people hyped for AMD DX12 performance is concurrent A-sync compute, however, developers have no incentive to include this in their games as long as Nvidia's cards can't use it(We'll see about Pascal). Most sponsored AAA titles on PC are Nvidia anyways. Hopefully for us AMD users, Deus Ex and Hitman which are AMD titles can effectively use DX12 features. My main point though was that the use of DX12 won't automatically boost performance on the GPU and CPU like many people had hoped.

So I have been having a problem with my R9 390 is almost every game, my gpu usage is all over the place, it isnt my CPU because my cpu usage is at 70% all the time during games, I have a FX 8320 overclocked to 4.3 ghz. On a MSI 970 Gaming motherboard and a Corsair RM 1000 power supply . I am currently on windows 10 pro 64 bit. Please help

A hiccup in the upgrade process Yesterday I bought myself a brand new Asus r9 390 Strix edition GPU. I was very excited until my system didn't post. This was bad. Very bad. There's about a 10% chance that the system posts. When it does, everything is fine until you run absolutely anything which has the potential to be graphically intensive like a game or a benchmark. When it doesn't post, I get the following error codes displayed on the motherboard: D6 - No colsole output(s) detected B2 - Legacy option ROM initalization I have taken the card back to the place of purchase (CPL) and they were able to boot several times, as well as run FurMark and the entire 3DMark suite of benchmarks. They came to the conclusion that my motherboard may not be compatible with the new GPU. Because of this, they aren't obliged to replace or refund the GPU. I've done about 20 minutes of research to check the compatibility of my motherboard and the card but have found nothing on the topic. I have also tried updating/resetting the BIOS, using only one stick of RAM, resetting the CMOS, re-seating the card, reinstalling the graphic drivers. My system work perfectly fine when using my other graphics card (HIS 7850). My system specs are: CPU: AMD FX-6300 @ stock (3.5 Ghz, 4.1 Ghz Turbo) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240m Motherboard: Asrock 970 Extreme4 RAM: (2x4gb) Kingston HyperX Fury, (2x8gb) G.skill Ripjaws GPU: Asus R9 390 OC Strix Edition HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1tb PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 80+ Silver 850w Case: Thermaltake Chaser A31

On the EKWB configuration page for the MSI R9 390 Gaming 8G Radeon R9 390 8GB GDDR5 it says a full coverage block is coming soon, what sort of timeline is to be expected here?

hey guys is the R9 1050 Mhz worth the $25 increase from the R9 1015 Mhz version both are XFX.

Hey guys I'm building my first computer and need help on debating if it is worth an extra $100 to buy the 390. I can afford either card and what PSU would you recommend. I would be playing on a 1080p or 1440p monitor not sure yet and the games I play aren't the most demanding but would it be worth buying the 390 for future proofing?